There are a few Supreme Court Cases that involve “Prayer in School.” The ones that I will be discussing is the Engel v. Vitale which ended in 1962 and Murry v. Curlett which ended in 1963. I believe prayer in school should be allowed. The First Amendment states that we are allowed to have freedom of religion. So why is prayer in school not allowed? Why should children not be allowed to do what they feel is right? My parents raised me to fight for what I believe in and this topic is something I will fight for.
Prayer isn’t fighting with someone, so why should it be a problem? The Supreme Court Case, Engel v. Vitale took place in New York in 1962. The state law required public schools to start their day with the Pledge of Allegiance and an nondenominational …show more content…
Curlett which ended in 1963 in Baltimore. At the beginning of each school day the students who attended the public schools were required to read little parts at a time of the Bible and after they read they would recite the Lord’s prayer. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:9-13). The students that did not want to be included had to have a written note from their parents.
A lady named Madalyn Murry O’Hair was a militant left wing atheist with very close ties to the American Communist party. She took the school board of Baltimore to court for allowing prayer in school. The judge dismissed the petition stating, “It is abundantly clear that petitioners’ real objective is to drive every concept of religion out of the public school system.” The case then went on to Maryland’s court of appeals and the court ruled, “neither the First nor the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to stifle all rapport between religion and
Prayer isn’t fighting with someone, so why should it be a problem? The Supreme Court Case, Engel v. Vitale took place in New York in 1962. The state law required public schools to start their day with the Pledge of Allegiance and an nondenominational …show more content…
Curlett which ended in 1963 in Baltimore. At the beginning of each school day the students who attended the public schools were required to read little parts at a time of the Bible and after they read they would recite the Lord’s prayer. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:9-13). The students that did not want to be included had to have a written note from their parents.
A lady named Madalyn Murry O’Hair was a militant left wing atheist with very close ties to the American Communist party. She took the school board of Baltimore to court for allowing prayer in school. The judge dismissed the petition stating, “It is abundantly clear that petitioners’ real objective is to drive every concept of religion out of the public school system.” The case then went on to Maryland’s court of appeals and the court ruled, “neither the First nor the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to stifle all rapport between religion and